{{Short description|Ship}} {{Infobox ship |display_title=ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image=Toronto-Kajama.jpg | image_caption=''Kajama'' in Toronto, 2007 }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header= | country= Canada | flag= {{Shipboxflag|Canada|civil}} | name=* ''Wilfried'' (1930-1960) * ''Kajama'' (1960-present)
| namesake= | owner= | operator=* Kapt. W. Wilckens, Hamburg (1930-1960) * Kapt. A. K. Asmussen, Egernsund (1960-1999) * Great Lakes Schooner Co., Toronto (1999-present)
| registry=Toronto | route= | ordered= | awarded= | builder=Nobiskrug, Rendsburg, Germany | original_cost= | yard_number= | way_number= | laid_down= | launched=26 July 1930 | sponsor= | christened= | completed= | acquired= | maiden_voyage= | in_service= | out_of_service= | renamed= | reclassified= | refit= | struck= | reinstated= | homeport= | identification=* {{IMO Number|5389578}} * Call sign: VO7103 * {{MMSI Number|316005305}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=674276 |title=Kajama |work=shipspotting.com |year=2012 |accessdate=5 September 2012}}</ref>
| motto= | nickname= | fate= | status= {{Ship in active service | 2022| url=http://www.greatlakesschooner.com/toronto-cruise-ship-kajama.html }} | notes= | badge= }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header= | header_caption=<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=316005305 |title=KAJAMA - Details and Position |work=marinetraffic.com |year=2012 |accessdate=5 September 2012}}</ref> | class= | type= Cargo schooner | tonnage=*{{GT|263}} *{{NetT|174}} *{{DWT|447}} | displacement= | length={{Convert|50|m|ftin|abbr=on}} o/a | beam= {{Convert|7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | height= | draft= {{Convert|2.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | depth= {{Convert|3.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | hold_depth= | decks= | deck_clearance= | power= | propulsion=1 × {{Convert|454|hp|0|abbr=on}} Caterpillar C18 diesel engine | sail_plan= | speed= | range= | endurance= | boats= | capacity=225 passengers | crew= | notes= }} }} '''''Kajama''''' is a three-masted former cargo schooner, that currently operates on Lake Ontario as a cruise ship.
==Ship history== [[File:Wilfried Sjöhistorisk museet Fo192963.jpg|thumb|left|''Wilfried'' in the Kiel Canal]] The ship was built at Nobiskrug shipyard in Rendsburg, Germany and launched on July 26, 1930,<ref name="greatlakesschooner">{{cite web |url=http://www.greatlakesschooner.com/toronto-cruise-ship-kajama-history.html |title=''Kajama'' - A History |work=Great Lakes Schooner Company |year=2012 |accessdate=5 September 2012}}</ref> under the name ''Wilfried''.<ref name="videnscenter">{{cite web |url=http://www.maritime-museum.dk/videnscenter/documents/K-K.pdf |title=Knowledge Center - Ships "K" |work=Danish Maritime Museum |year=2012 |accessdate=5 September 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Captain Wilhelm Wilckens was her owner and master and he operated from the homeport of Hamburg from 1930 until 1960.<ref name="greatlakesschooner"/> The ''Wilfried'' had 11 sister ships and belonged to the type "Ich verdiene" ("I earn"). In 1960 she was purchased<ref name="greatlakesschooner"/> by Captain Andreas Kohler Asmussen<ref name="videnscenter"/> of Egersund, Denmark. Asmussen renamed the ship ''Kajama'' after his two sons and his wife '''Ka'''ywe, '''Ja'''n and '''Ma'''ria.<ref name="greatlakesschooner"/>
The ship continued to work under sail until the mid-1970s, at which time the Asmussens converted her to a strictly motor-driven vessel. In the spring of 1998 Captain Asmussen suffered a fatal cardiac arrest while at the helm. As he was the only crew on watch at the time the ship went up on a beach near Malmö, Sweden. Drydocking determined that little damage had been suffered.
Throughout the years from 1930 until 1998 ''Kajama'' traded general cargo. Her voyages went as far south as Bilbao in Northwest Spain, throughout western Europe, and Scandinavia, and above the Arctic Circle in Northern Norway.<ref name="greatlakesschooner"/>
In January 1999 she was purchased by Great Lakes Schooner Company of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After preparation for sea she steamed to England, Azores and on to Toronto. ''Kajama'' underwent a major overhaul and restoration to her original profile in just over ten months.<ref name="greatlakesschooner"/> She is now operating on Lake Ontario, based in Toronto Harbour. The boat is used for public daysails,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tallshipcruisestoronto.com/ |title=Tall Ship Kajama |work=Toronto Boat Cruises |year=2012 |accessdate=5 September 2012}}</ref> educational programs and corporate events.
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== Gallery == <gallery mode="packed" heights="180"> File:Kajama, Toronto.jpg|Kajama on Lake Ontario in 2023 File:Toronto - ON - Kajama.jpg|Kajama at Harbourfront, Toronto, 2008 File:Kajama September 26 2019.jpg|Kajama at Harbourfront, Toronto in 2019
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==References== {{Commonscat|IMO 5389578}} {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kajama}} Category:1930 ships Category:Schooners Category:Ships built in Rendsburg Category:Merchant ships of Germany Category:Great Lakes ships Category:Sailing ships of Canada